OldLady
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When the Electoral College was conceived, votes had to be counted and collected/reported via horseback or sailing ship. Apparently, our founding fathers wanted someone watching the final voting, so they had representatives come from the states to do the deed. Times have changed.
If the new app created to report the votes of the Iowa caucus works well (which it seemed to last night), couldn't we eliminate the electoral college and go to a straight count of votes for the presidential election? We certainly don't need to wait until December anymore for the results of the popular vote.
Does it have some important purpose I'm not aware of?
If the new app created to report the votes of the Iowa caucus works well (which it seemed to last night), couldn't we eliminate the electoral college and go to a straight count of votes for the presidential election? We certainly don't need to wait until December anymore for the results of the popular vote.
Does it have some important purpose I'm not aware of?